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Sonoco elected Charles Sullivan executive vp and Charles Hupfer sr. vp and CFO and corporate secretary.

GN Packaging Equipment expands its sales team to include Gonzalo Varela as sales representative and Christopher Paul as sales engineer.

Kliklok-Woodman hired Henk Hoogendoorn as general sales manager of the U.S. headquarters.

PakTech has teamed with Mirco Richardson, an independent sales rep, to sell its products in Europe.

Jeff Deines was named northwest regional sales manager of BluePrint Automation, Inc.

Sheri Cereska joined Dynamic Conveyor Corp. as business development representative.

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